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The ring around the rosies is the red ringed rash that was the sure sign of having the plague. If you developed a rash it wasn't serious, unless a red ring appeared around the spot. A pocket full of posies is the flowers brought to a funeral. Or the fact that the smell of decaying bodies was so bad that people began carrying flowers in their pockets to try to ward off the smell. It's ashes ashes (not atishoo) which is because they tried to burn the bodies, rather than bury them.
A paste called poi is made from the taro root. Taro grows to 3 feet tall (1m) or taller and has light green, elongated, heart-shaped leaves on long stalks. Taro tubers are rounded, about the size of a tennis ball; each plant grows one large tuber often surrounded by several smaller tubers. How to Grow.aro can be grown for its tubers only where summers are longâat least 200 frost-free, warm days. Taro can be grown for its leaves in a greenhouse. Description. Taro is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows from 3 to 6 feet tall.